| Insects of Townsville, Australia - Graeme Cocks |
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Stratiomyidae |
Soldier Flies. Most members of the family can be recognized by the characteristic venation. The larvae are distinctive in being elongate and flattened. Some are aquatic but many are found in rotting vegetation. The pupa remains enclosed in the last larval skin, a characteristic shared with Xylomyidae. Venation is characteristic. [92 Aust. species] |
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References:
Insects of Australia (Chapter 39: Diptera)
D.H. Colless and D.K. McAlpine
CSIRO, Division of Entomology
1137pp (2 volumes), Melbourne University Press, 2nd Edition 1999.
page 755